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via https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html

With Roe Overturned, How State Abortion Laws Are Changing

The New York Times is tracking abortion laws in each state following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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On masculinity

Divinity is the defining element of masculinity and femininity. It’s no wonder that traditional renditions of both are being demonised in a…

I just published three new articles to my Medium. I sat at a cafe for the last hour, drinking coffee and people watching, in a creatively induced spiritual-fugue like state, churning out my writing. It was transcendental. Enjoy, and as always, let me know your thoughts. 🦋

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I just got home and made some lunch and got to thinking - rereading this piece, the part where I write ‘passivity, victimhood and docility in men in valorised, romanticised and positioned as morally superior’ can so easily be seen manifesting in one of the most well-loved pieces of pop culture - The Office.

Look at Jim Halpert. I’m rewatching the Office this month and I can’t help but be viscerally disgusted by how lacking in honour/manhood his character is. He lacks drive. He lacks vision, ambition, maturity, integrity and responsibility. There are so many instances where he has no sense of possessiveness, protectiveness or masculine dignity with Pam when she becomes his woman. He behaves like a child most of the time despite being a fully grown man. He doesn’t seem to have any real hobbies or motivating interests. And yet, he is posited as the dreamboat, the ideal man, the kind of guy every girl dreams of (or should dream of) despite not even being capable of basic leadership. Nobody respects him, and he scarcely even respects the woman who becomes his wife.

Some pathetic article was even written in Cosmo valorising these weak, milquetoast attributes. Read it, please.

Never Stop Being Nervous: An Ode to Beta Males

Know a guy who makes mixtapes, speaks softly, and bruises easily? Kindly direct him to my vagina/heart.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a32963/never-stop-being-nervous-an-ode-to-beta-males/

Now, contrast public attitudes towards Jim, to those directed at Dwight Schrute. I know these examples are a bit hilarious and silly, but bear with me. Dwight is an actual man. Despite being less ‘cute’ and ‘goofy’ than lukewarm Jim, he is infinitely more desirable as a partner and comfortably operates in his masculine. He has a plentiful amount of hobbies, passions and interests, and exercises a deep degree of commitment, investment and motivation in pursuing them. He isn’t easily distracted and has clear goals that he relentlessly pursues. He takes immense, enormous pride in being a protector, an enforcer of justice and safety. He prioritises ownership, and would never in a million years let his kin go without security, resources or safety. Though he’s crude and idiotic a lot of the time (exaggerated for comedic effect), the true essence of his character and manhood is entirely in opposition to Jim.

And yet - who have women been conditioned to find more appealing and desirable?

I think that says it all.

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“He said, ‘In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that in the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger - something better, pushing right back.’”

— Albert Camus (via macrolit)